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Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry++
Programs accredited by the ACGME (see
Notice About Accreditation)

Notice About Accreditation

Forensic psychiatry training programs in the United States may be accredited
by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Accredited
programs have demonstrated that they met the standards for forensic psychiatry
training programs established by the ACGME.

The ACGME first certified training programs in forensic psychiatry in 1997.
Persons who graduate from forensic psychiatry training programs certified by the
ACGME may apply for the Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry examination
of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) at any time.

Persons who are not graduates of an accredited forensic psychiatry training
programs may no longer apply for the inital Added Qualifications in Forensic
Psychiatry examination of the ABPN. However, those who already possess Added
Qualifications may take the recertification examinations.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one year training program in Law and Psychiatry offered by the AECOM Division of Law and Psychiatry. The program combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with an extensive and varied array of forensic experiences.
The didactic work includes a year-long lecture series which covers all aspects of forensic psychiatry. In addition, fellows will participate in seminars on legal philosophy, landmark cases, psychiatric and forensic ethics, and case reviews. A weekly civil forensic preceptorship is also provided by senior faculty.
The experiential component of the fellowship includes supervised site placements at Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx Criminal Court Clinic and Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Westchester Jewish Community Services, the EAC-Bronx Mental Health Court Diversion, Bellevue Hospital Center Division of Forensic Services and the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation Correctional Health Services (Riker's Island) where the fellow gains experience in the following areas: 1) court-ordered forensic evaluations of adult and child cases; 2) examination and treatment of criminal offenders in prison and jail settings (including insanity acquitees and sex offenders); 3) dangerousness assessments; 4) civil assessments for involuntary hospitalization, treatment over objection, outpatient commitment and guardianship; 5) child custody; 6) mental health court-based diversion, 7) immigration, 8) veterans affairs and 9) correctional health administration. All of the above provide ample opportunity for consultation with attorneys and courts, as well as courtroom testimony.
Affiliation with the Pace University School of Law provides additional access to criminal, civil and family court consultations, as well as other teaching and research collaborations.
Fellows are active participants in the division's medical student and resident teaching program. Research activity expected, either through participation in ongoing division work or through the development of an independent project, with anticipated goal of a year-end presentation.
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is located in a quiet, residential section of Bronx, just minutes from both Manhattan and Westchester County. Fellows can, therefore, choose between an exciting big city or a more gentle suburban setting for living and recreating. All fellowship sites are easily accessible by public transportation, though a car is helpful.
Full program brochure, application instructions and application material are available under "Program Requirements" on the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship website at the url address noted above.

Program description
The Brown Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is designed to provide a well-rounded training experience for fellows from an academic and clinical perspective. Fellows have a broad array of clinical experiences in criminal and civil matters involving juveniles and adults. A key strength of the program is a diverse faculty with extensive teaching, clinical, and research backgrounds. There are eight forensic psychiatrist faculty members, five of whom are also board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry. Additionally, fellows interface with affiliated forensic psychologists, attorneys and judges. Rotation sites include a forensic psychiatry evaluation clinic, juvenile detention facility, adult correctional institute, and a state hospital forensic mental health unit.

Additional educational experiences include auditing a one semester Mental Health Law course at the Roger Williams School of Law and gaining experience and competency in the administration of psychometric tests commonly used in forensic psychiatry (e.g, for the assessment of cognition, malingering, personality). Fringe benefits include a $2000 stipend for travel to the AAPL Forensic Psychiatry Review Course/Annual Meeting and a $500 book allowance. Rhode Island, the “Ocean State,” is situated in a culturally rich area, between New York and Boston, and offers easy access to a variety of summer and winter activities.

Program description
The fellowship is designed to train psychiatrists in law and psychiatry who will devote their careers to practice, teaching, and research in forensic psychiatry. Although the program presents a firm theoretical background, its major strength lies in teaching the pragmatic skills of performing evaluations, detecting malingering, and critical thinking about complex reasoning in writing forensic reports. Fellows also receive instruction in teaching methods. Videotapes of mock testimony of fellows are used in teaching courtroom skills.

Since the service requirement is less than four days per week, fellows have the opportunity to participate in research and a wide array of civil cases, such as PTSD, disability, guardianship, workers compensation, and psychiatric malpractice. Our library contains 100 educational forensic videotapes. Extensive supervision by Dr. Resnick is a major strength of the program.

The faculty includes six fellowship-trained forensic psychiatrists with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. Fellows take courses at CWRU Law School and participate in a seminar on Landmark Mental Health Law Cases. Clinical experience in a criminal court psychiatric clinic, juvenile court psychiatric clinic, county jail and inpatient forensic unit are tailored to the interests of each fellow.

Fringe benefits include fully paid trips to the annual meeting of AAPL, the AAPL Forensic Psychiatry Review Course, and Midwest AAPL; and a $500 book allowance.

Program description
The Columbia-Cornell Residency in Psychiatry and the Law is a joint academic program which draws on the strengths of both universities. The program is based on an apprenticeship/tutorial model. Our residents get training in criminal forensic psychiatry by doing forensic evaluations and providing treatment (medications and psychotherapy) to patients in a state forensic psychiatry center and a maximum security women's prison. All activities are closely supervised by experienced forensic faculty. The residents get clinical experience in civil forensic psychiatry through individual supervision on current litigation. They take classes with law students at Columbia Law School. They work with psychiatrists on private forensic cases involving both children and adults. Residents are taught courtroom skills and have opportunities to testify. Residents are strongly encouraged to do forensic research. Clinical training is coupled with a strong didactic program. We draw on forensic psychiatrists, lawyers, psychoanalysts, and psychiatric researchers at Columbia and Cornell to provide a weekly seminar series on major topics in psychiatry and the law, with an emphasis on ethical issues and mental health policy.

Residents partcipate in activites sponsored by our Division of Psychiatry, Law and Ethics directed by Dr. Paul Appelbaum. They participate in the combined didactic program with trainees in the other three New York City programs. Stipend is dependent on level of past training.

Program description
The Columbia/New York State Psychiatric Institute Research Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry was established by the New York State Office of Mental Health to encourage the development of forensic psychiatrists with research skills. The fellowship program is individualized to the skills and interests of each fellow. In general, fellows will be expected to undertake coursework in statistics, research design, grantsmanship, and mental health law, including courses at Columbia Law School. They will have access to the didactic program of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry, and the Public Sector Psychiatry Fellowship. A primary activity of the fellowship year will involved the design and conduct of a research project under the supervision of Dr. Appelbaum, and depending on the focus, other faculty at Columbia/NYSPI and personnel at the NYS Office of Mental Health.
Appropriate applicants may have completed a forensic fellowship or be intending to pursue one after the fellowship; candidates further along in their careers will also be considered.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The fellowship program includes a wide variety of clinical experiences. The program is based at a large, public hospital where fellows perform civil forensic work and consult on forensic issues in the general hospital and the psychiatric inpatient unit. At local institutions, fellows conduct inpatient and outpatient evaluations of criminal defendants, treatment of jail inmates, and treatment of outpatient sex offenders. In addition, the program runs an innovative in-jail competency restoration unit in the local jail. Fellows conduct disability evaluations at the local VA and fitness for duty evaluations at the Emory outpatient services. Civil work also includes participation in personal injury and malpractice cases with faculty. For fellows who have completed child psychiatry training, participation in a wide range of forensic child activities is available.

There are ongoing didactic seminars at the various sites, and fellows audit courses at the Emory Law School. The program has a strong academic orientation, and fellows participate in research projects and in the teaching of other professionals. In addition to the training of fellows, the program\\\'s mission includes the development of public policy, research, and continuing forensic education of mental health professionals in the state. The program has important affiliations with several departments of state government, and experiences in the development of public policy in forensic psychiatry are available.

Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL meeting and forensic review course.

Program description
The fellowship is sponsored by the Law & Psychiatry Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) under the auspices of the MGH/McLean Hospital Residency Program. The fellowship is designed to take advantage of a wide range of resources within the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry and the Boston Metropolitan Area. Fellows will rotate at Bridgewater State Hospital, the Cambridge Court Clinic, and the Suffolk County House of Corrections. The fellow will have ample opportunity to perform outpatient forensic evaluations through the Law & Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and will have exposure to a wide range of civil and criminal matters, including issues related to forensic psychiatry in the workplace. Fellows will also consult to the inpatient and ambulatory psychiatry services at Massachusetts General Hospital. The fellowship provides an extensive didactic program with adult and child forensic mental health lectures at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellows take the Law and Psychiatry Course taught by Dr. Alan Stone at Harvard Law School. The fellowship pays $58,000 over the course of the year and begins in July. Malpractice insurance, health insurance, AAPL membership, and travel and lodging for the AAPL annual meeting are provided. The faculty includes a number of clinicians with both clinical and law degrees. Program faculty have extensive expertise in child and adolescent as well as adult forensic work. Eligibility for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as completion of an approved residency program in general psychiatry through the PGY IV year are required.

Program description
The program offers a wide range of didactic and clinical forensic experience for up to two forensic residents over a 12-month period. Forensic residents will experience the following at the assigned locations: Assessment of competency to stand trial, not guilty by reason of insanity, pre-sentencing and post-sentencing, and other essential forensic psychiatric evaluations and courtroom testimony through the First Judicial District Court in Shreveport and surrounding district courts; and training in Juvenile Forensic Psychiatry; assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder, intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress, fitness for duty, disability, interdiction, and other areas of private litigation at the University Health Hospital and Clinics in Shreveport; correctional experience through the Caddo Correctional Center in Shreveport; training in developmental disability and state and federal standard of care requirements at the Pinecrest Supports and Services Center in Pineville. The fellows also participate in AAPL every October for their review course and added training.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
A strong academic orientation, an emphasis on public policy, and exposure to a large breadth of clinical experiences allow the fellowship to be tailored to the interests of each fellow. Developing the skills of critical analysis and writing for the courts is emphasized. An elective month and considerable protected time for expert witness work and academic projects makes this program unique.

The over 250 hours of didactics, include frequent collaboration with forensic psychology and occasionally with other nearby forensic psychiatry fellowships. An academic project is chosen early in the year with over two weeks of research time protected for it\'s initial development. Presentation at AAPL is strongly encouraged. Given that the clinical responsibilities are less than 4 days per week, the fellows have ample opportunity to choose from a number of scholarly activities to pursue. Additionally, those interested in advocacy and public policy will be afforded opportunities to participate on national, state and local levels including projects with the Georgia Division of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

The program has multiple clinical sites including two forensic psychiatric hospitals in Georgia, Augusta State Medical Prison, MCG Consult-Liaison and Forensic Private Practices which emphasize expert witness work. This allows a breadth of clinical experience ranging from maximum security forensic patients to minimal security patients in a step down program involved in work study programs. A wide range of civil and criminal forensic evaluations are performed. The fellow is afforded the opportunity of a one month elective in the latter half of the year, to further develop their skills in an area of particular interest.

Faculty members include psychiatrists with subspecialty certification in forensic psychiatry, forensic psychologists, lawyers (from the medical school and hospital), judges, law enforcement officers, and other professionals with special interests and expertise in branches of forensic mental health.

Fringe benefits include fully paid trips to the annual AAPL meeting and the forensic review course.

Program description
The Medical College of Wisconsin offers a one year full-time fellowship in forensic psychiatry co-sponsored by the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division and the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, an easy 70 mile ride from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Each fellow works predominantly in the Milwaukee site for six months, based in a court clinic and a VA hospital, and for six months at the Mendota Mental Health Institute, a largely forensic state facility, in Madison. The six month part of the program centered in Milwaukee includes experience in outpatient competency to stand trial evaluations, evaluations of individuals who have pled not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and psychiatric and psychological evaluations ordered by a judge.

The six months of training centered at the Mendota site in Madison are spent predominantly on an inpatient basis performing evaluations of competency to stand trial, treating individuals to help them regain competency to stand trial, treating insanity acquitees, gaining experience in administrative forensic psychiatry, as well as participating in the evaluations of individuals being considered for treatment under Wisconsin\'s Sexually Violent Persons Act. All year, fellows participate in correctional psychiatry experience at a state prison. Experiences in child and adolescent forensic psychiatry are available. Throughout the year, fellows participate in civil forensic cases with the faculty in Milwaukee and Madison. Research opportunities at each of the clinical sites are available. The didactic curriculum, which the two fellows study together weekly, covers the full gamut of relevant legal and psychiatric issues. The faculty includes five forensic psychiatrists with ABPN subspecialty certification in Forensic Psychiatry, two forensic psychologists, one of them board certified, and other clinician educators. A clinician-attorney is available at each of the two training sites.

Fellows are given leave time and funding to attend the annual AAPL meeting as well as the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course. Additional continuing medical education time is available, along with three weeks of vacation.

Program description
The Forensic Psychiatry Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina is a 12 month accredited program that provides a diverse training experience in areas where psychiatry is applied to legal issues. Our program is committed to educating clinicians in the theoretical and practical aspects of forensic psychiatry. While doing so, the Division of Forensic Psychiatry at MUSC provides an invaluable service to the state of South Carolina and the Lowcountry in particular. Our main location is the Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry. At MUSC we provide Consultation Liaison service to the Institute of Psychiatry and the General Medical Hospital for issues such as violence and suicide risk assessment and capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment. We provide evaluation services to Charleston and Berkeley County Probate Courts for civil commitment hearings. Disability evaluations and conservator and guardianship cases are utilized to round out the civil law core experience. Additionally, Fellows may shadow Attending Physicians in civil cases including Medical Malpractice/Standard of Care evaluations.

A large portion of the criminal law core experience is provided through a contract with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health to provide competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility evaluations for 8 counties in the coastal region. Additionally, Fellows routinely perform private evaluations for the Charleston County Public Defenders' office in coordination with the Office of Indigent Defense. Fellows also perform court-ordered evaluations for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Fellows have the opportunity to participate in private evaluations performed by Attending Physicians including Criminal Responsibility/Competency to Stand Trial (both adult and juvenile), Sexually Violent Predator commitments and Independent Medical Examinations. Finally, to round out the criminal core experience, fellows participate in treatment of offenders who are assigned to the Charleston County Mental Health court program.

A fellow's training can be tailored to fit his or her personal interests. Didactics include a weekly landmark case series and courses in the basics of law and psychiatry. Videotapes and mock trials are utilized to prepare Fellows to present testimony in court. Fellows are allowed to audit available classes at the Charleston School of Law. As part of the academic component of the program, fellows complete an academic project (paper, local, regional or national presentation, etc.) and participate in the Medical University's forensic psychiatry interest group once a month. They are also responsible for some teaching of general residents. Fringe benefits include fully funded trips to the Annual Meeting of AAPL and the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course. Best of all, Fellows also get the benefit of enjoying the relaxing coastal environment of Charleston, South Carolina!

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
A one year, full-time fellowship training program in Forensic Psychiatry with major clinical rotations at the Forensic Psychiatric Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts, the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward (an acute care jail unit within a general hospital), the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program for Manhattan and the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a forensic state hospital. Additional rotations include private practice evaluations on a wide range of topics.

In addition to the clinical rotations, approximately 1.5 days/week are devoted to didactics. The didactic core curriculum, shared by the Columbia, Einstein and Rutgers fellowships, includes courses and seminars in Landmark Cases in Mental Health Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Mental Health Law, Legal Process, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry, Correctional Psychiatry and Ethics. Additional training throughout the year is provided in leadership skills, including administrative psychiatry and teaching.

Each fellow participates in a 9-month research seminar and journal club with the expectation of completion of and submission to a peer-reviewed journal or national conference of an original scholarly project. The fellow will receive direct research supervision and mentorship from faculty.

The fellowship also offer three mock trial experiences, including one with Cardozo School of Law, and participation in the NYU Law School Mental Health Law class. Fellows have also gone on a field trip to the US Supreme Court the last sevearl years to hear a mental health related case.

Please refer to the NYU website listed above for information about the application process and deadlines.

Program description
Northwestern’s fellowship in forensic psychiatry is offered within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This is a one-year, ACGME-accredited training program at the PGY-5 level designed to train psychiatrists with a strong career interest in the practice and teaching of forensic psychiatry. The fellowship is a unique collaboration between public-sector (Jesse Brown VA Hospital and Cook County government) and private (Northwestern University) institutions.
The didactic component of the program consists of a year-long lecture series devoted to in-depth examination of landmark cases, medicolegal practice, psychological assessment relevant to forensic work, and relevant scientific and statistical concepts.
The experiental portion of the fellowship involves participation in specialty and diversion court programs, evaluation of individuals for determination of disability, and participation in ethics consultations at the Jesse Brown VA Hospital. In addition, fellows rotate through the Cook County Juvenile Justice Center, evaluate psychiatric inpatients for purposes of civil commitment and involuntary treatment, and evaluate individuals presenting in the forensic context for issues ranging from criminal responsibility and competency to stand trial to civil cases involving personal injury, fitness for duty, and other medicolegal questions.
Fellows are also strongly encouraged to participate in the preparation and presentation of scholarly or scientific research during the course of the year.

Program description
The Ohio State University offers an ACGME approved fellowship in forensic psychiatry. In conjunction with Ohio’s only maximum security forensic hospital at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare and the world renowned Nationwide Children’s Hospital, this fellowship offers specialized training in the intersection of psychiatry and the law. Fellows will have the unique opportunity to be involved in many different aspects of forensic patients’ assessment and evaluation. Fellows will aid in evaluation of defendants’ competency and sanity at the time of the act both in jail and hospital settings. Treatment opportunities will be available in the maximum security forensic unit as well as on an outpatient basis for mentally ill offenders who have worked their way through the hospital system. Juvenile evaluations will consist of both bind-over to adult court and recommendations to the court for treatment. Civil cases will include a mix of fitness for duty, disability, malpractice, and consults to other physicians on challenging patients. Additionally, there are opportunities for interested fellows to become involved in advocacy and policy matters at the state level through the Ohio Department of Mental Health also located in Columbus.

Program description
The fellowship is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Oregon Health & Science (OHSU) University School of Medicine. The program features clinical rotations at Oregon State Hospital, the Washington County jail, the Multnomah County Detention Center, the OHSU Intercultural Outpatient Program, a private practioner's office, Willamette University College of Law Legal Clinic, and telepsychiatry to the Oregon Department of Corrections. These rotations give fellows experience in both criminal and civil forensic psychiatry. The emphasis is on fellows performing forensic psychiatric evaluations as opposed to general psychiatric treatment. This includes experience doing competency, guilty except for insanity, asylum, custody, and dangerousness evaluations. Fellows will have opportunities for research at the Oregon State Hospital Forensic Service and with OHSU forensic psychiatry mentors.

The primary faculty includes 10 board certified psychiatrists who also hold ABPN certification in forensic psychiatry, three lawyers who have extensive experience with mental health law, and two psychologists who have been trained in forensic psychology. The fellows didactic seminar series will include training in both criminal and civil forensic psychiatry as well as seminars devoted to an introduction to law and the legal process, landmark cases in mental health law, and special issues in forensic psychiatry. The teaching faculty includes 17 psychiatrists, 13 lawyers and 4 psychologists.

Fellows will be participants in the Psychiatry Department's resident teaching program. Research opportunities are available and encouraged either through participation in ongoing Department work or development of an independent project with faculty supervision.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Psychiatry offers a one-year, full-time fellowship in forensic psychiatry.

Residents rotate through New Jersey’s prisons, juvenile facilities, state forensic and civil hospitals, and private practices of faculty members. The didactic curriculum joins that of the consortium of forensic psychiatry programs in New York City, thereby providing the fellow both excellent didactic training and connections to one’s professional peers. Participation in research is a required aspect of training and is readily accomplished with the support of the Forensic Psychiatry Training Director. The fellow under close supervision by the Training Director and other faculty, will develop the skills requisite for the competent practice of forensic psychiatry: diagnostic acumen; logical thought; critical analysis; lucid writing; understanding of the legal framework in which psychiatrists work; and competence in forensic assessments such as competence to stand trial, insanity, and general and sexual dangerousness, among others.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The Department of Behavioral Health-Saint Elizabeths Hospital forensic fellowship program (Fellowship Program) is a one-year ACGME-accredited program designed to train and foster the development of forensic psychiatrists with interests across the entire range of forensic scholarship. The program is based in Washington DC’s brand-new St. Elizabeths Hospital, one of the most historic forensic facilities in the nation, and offers an extensive array of forensic experiences along with a comprehensive didactic curriculum designed to prioritize the fellow’s educational experience.

The faculty includes six forensic psychiatrists and four child/adolescent forensic psychiatrists who are committed to education and scholarship, and the career development of their fellows. Specific faculty interests include ethics, the regulation of Psychiatry, the insanity defense, outpatient commitment, violence risk, sovereign citizens, and physician health. Washington DC is a vibrant backdrop with political, cultural, and educational opportunities for early career professionals, families, or practitioners seeking to enhance the course of their careers.

Benefits include support for travel to the annual AAPL meeting and attendance at the AAPL forensic review course, as well as a $500 book allowance. H-1 B and J-1 visa sponsorship is available.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The program is designed to prepare fellows to competently perform both civil and criminal case work. Areas of focus on learning to conduct civil and criminal forensic psychiatric assessments, consult with attorneys/agencies, and present deposition/trial testimony. Fellows are also taught to write well-organized, concise forensic reports that clearly convey their opinions.

In addition to conducting forensic evaluations and writing reports, fellows also rotate at a variety of sites including the Saint Louis County Jail (clinical care), VA (independent medical evaluations), and Missouri DMH (clinical care associated with competency restoration program and sexual offender unit). Each rotation is specifically designed to offer an experience that contributes toward development as a forensic psychiatrist.

The didactics broadly cover the field of forensic psychiatry. There is a year-long seminar covering landmark legal cases that have directed and shaped forensic psychiatry in the United States. Fellows also learn to conduct pertinent psychological testing pertaining to competency evaluations, malingering assessments, violence risk assessment instruments, and sexual offender assessment instruments. Our group of forensic psychologists also administer a year-long seminar designed to increase each fellow's knowledge of statistics and comfort with additional psychological testing that may be encountered during case work, such as the MMPI.

During the year, each fellow will also be guided in completing a scholarly project or projects. The aim is to produce one or more presentations and/or publications. Extensive time will be spent teaching the fellows how to effectively present material to large groups.

We strongly encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible. Feel free to contact either Dr. Newman or Ms. Ehrenreich directly to express interest in the program.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The program brings together the SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Psychiatry, the Syracuse University College of Law, and the Office of Mental Health Bureau of Forensic Services to provide didactic and clinical training in psychiatry and the law. The emphasis of this program is on: didactics, forensic evaluations, report writing, testimony and forensic research. Fellows are heavily exposed to civil, as well as criminal forensic work.

The entire series of AAPL landmark cases is covered in detail. Fellows are closely supervised and taught critical forensic interviewing skills. Instruction in a variety of forensic assessment tools is provided, including the HCR-20, PCL-R, SIRS, CAPS and SAVRY.

The program hosts an annual state-wide forensic conference featuring nationally known speakers. Fellows receive regular and intensive supervision from the program director, and assist with special interest forensic issues including threat assessments, law enforcement liaison and a variety of other specialty evaluations. There are special opportunities available for applicants who are particularly interested in either child/adolescent forensic psychiatry or correctional psychiatry.

A forensic research project is a required element of this training program. This offers fellows practical exposure to the process of formulating a research question, data collection and analysis, and manuscript preparation -- authorship is guaranteed for those interested. However, the expectation of creating original research or converting fellows into full-time researchers is not the intended goal. Expert faculty mentoring and dedicated research time (during the regular work week) are provided for this unique fellowship component.

Program description
This fellowship is designed specifically to train military psychiatrists to proficiently manage military forensic issues. The program is tri-service and invites applicants from the US Army, Navy and Air Force. The program, although military-unique, also prepares the fellow(s) for subspecialty certification in Forensic Psychiatry.

The fellowship draws on the considerable civilian, military and federal resources available in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. The fellows gain experience through rotation at (1) Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, MD; (2) Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC; (3) The Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI in Quantico, VA; (4) The Quantico Brig; (5) Georgetown Law School; (6) The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD; (7) The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC; and (8) through interactions with local military and civilian clinicians and attorneys.

Significant time in the curriculum is devoted to didactics, both general forensic psychiatry and military legal issues. Psychiatrists and military attorneys/judges teach the seminars. Research is required and the results are presented at departmental Grand Rounds.

Program description
The Didactic Curriculum at Tulane\'s fellowship is administered by over 10 board-certified forensic psychiatrists in addition to neurologists and psychologists affiliated with Tulane. An Expert Witness/Legal Seminar focuses on forensic report-writing and testifying skills and includes a series of lectures administered by practicing attorneys. The Landmark Case Seminar provides fellows with in-depth exposure to landmark cases.

Fellows spend 2 days a week at ELMHS, Forensic Division, a secure, forensic inpatient facility where they become adept in competency to stand trial evaluations and competency restoration, violence risk assessments, and management of potentially violent patients. Fellows provide consultation to other psychiatrists on forensic issues such as forced medication evaluations. Fellows participate in sex offender assessments and will have the opportunity to become familiar with the use of telemedicine. Fellows treat forensic outpatients on supervised probation at the New Orleans Forensic Aftercare Clinic and also provide psychiatric treatment at a maximum-security prison.

Fellows gain further criminal forensic experience (e.g., criminal responsibility and aid-in-sentencing evaluations) at the Orleans Criminal Court, where they gain much experience in courtroom testimony. Fellows also perform a full range of civil forensic evaluations (e.g., malpractice, disability, and child custody evaluations) and receive training in report-writing, testifying for court and depositions, and interacting with the legal system.

Fellows participate in the monthly forensic journal club/research seminar and produce a scholarly work during the year with help from supervisors. Fellows receive a $1,500 stipend for the AAPL Review Course and Annual Meeting and are reimbursed for mileage during the year in addition to the regular salary and benefits.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of Arizona College of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one-year full-time, fully accredited training program offered by the UACOM Department of Psychiatry. The program combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with an extensive and varied array of forensic experiences.
The experiential component of the fellowship includes supervised site placements at the Arizona Department of Corrections and the UA Department of Psychiatry where the fellow gains experience with legal, correctional, and mental health systems which directly impact forensic psychiatric practice. Fellows are active participants in the department’s medical student and resident teaching programs and the fellow’s year is expected to culminate in a year-end research presentation. Fringe benefits include funding for the AAPL Conference, $800 book allowance, and a meal card.
Fellows are provided many opportunities to gain experience as well as to consult with attorneys and courts, such as:
• Court-ordered forensic evaluations of adult and child cases
• Examination and treatment of criminal offenders in prison and jail setting
• Dangerousness assessments
• Civil assessments for involuntary hospitalization, treatment over objection, outpatient commitment and guardianship
• Child custody
• Mental health court-based diversion
• Correctional health administration

The UA College of Medicine is located in multicultural Tucson, Arizona which offers a sunny climate suitable for year-round outdoor sports and a reasonable cost of living.
Requirements:
• Adult Psychiatry Residency Program Certificate
• License to practice medicine in the state of Arizona
Please include 2 Writing Samples (1- Forensic Evaluation preferred)
• Application -
http://psychiatry.arizona.edu/academic-programs/arizona-forensic-psychiatry-fellowship/applying-fellowship
• Submission to jsummerfield@psychiatry.arizona.edu

Program description
The forensic fellowship program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was established and accredited in 2003. The program is housed in the heart of Little Rock, Arkansas within blocks of the state's forensic hospital. The forensic inpatient service at the Arkansas State Hospital is an 80-bed, four-unit complex. It houses the entire inpatient forensic population of the state and serves as the primary base for the program. Fellows will also rotate at the Arkansas Department of Correction and the UAMS Department of Psychiatry Adult Outpatient Clinic.

The program faculty includes four Board certified forensic psychiatrists, one Board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and one psychiatrist Board eligible in forensic psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry; as well as additional adult psychiatrists who are available to provide instruction and supervision when appropriate. An attorney with expertise in mental health law and several forensic psychologists and licensed social workers are also members of the teaching staff.

Fellows conduct forensic evaluations of both inpatients and outpatients concerning a wide variety of civil and criminal legal issues, including competency, criminal responsibility, suitability for conditional release, civil commitments, risk assessment, psychiatric disability, compensability under the state worker�s compensation laws, guardianship, and parental fitness. Fellows also work on the adolescent unit under the supervision of a child and adolescent psychiatrist where they perform above mentioned evaluations and gain experience with a state of the art sexual offenders unit. Fellows will also spend up to four hours per week responding to consults requested by general practitioners related to the legal regulation of psychiatric practice.

Didactics and seminars are provided to ensure that fellows are familiar with all aspects of forensic psychiatry and are prepared for the practice of forensic psychiatry. Fellows will also be required to complete a scholarly project under the supervision of a forensic faculty member. Fellows are required to acquire an Arkansas Medical License prior to beginning the fellowship.

Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL meeting and forensic review course.

Program description
The U.C. Davis Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship provides extensive training in both civil and criminal forensic psychiatry. The teaching staff consists of nine psychiatrists with Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry, one forensic psychologist, one forensic neuropsychologist, one family law attorney, one Sacramento County Superior Court Judge, one Sacramento County Associate District Attorney, and one Sacramento County Supervising Public Defender.

The forensic residents receive their clinical training in a wide variety of forensic settings. These rotations include training in forensic units at Napa State Hospital, Sacramento County Jail, Sacramento County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel, and consultations with private criminal and civil attorneys.

The forensic residents are assisted with developing a forensic research project or paper and participate in ongoing faculty research projects. Additionally, a specialized course on how to be a communicative and dynamic presenter is given.

Fringe benefits include provision of educational materials and a stipend for funding to the annual AAPL meeting and board review course. An extensive forensic library is available. The forensic psychiatry resident is also given a substantial number of references consisting of over 300 forensic landmark case related articles.

Applicants are highly encouraged to apply to the fellowship as early as possible. Applications will be accepted beginning November 1st until January 31st of the recruitment year with interviews taking place February through April.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The UCLA forensic psychiatry fellowship program emphasizes educational value over service and will prepare fellows not only for forensic practice but also to become leaders in academic and organizational forensic psychiatry. Fellows are expected to do research with a faculty member that will result in a publishable paper or submission to a national professional meeting. They will attend the AAPL annual meeting and review course paid for by the fellowship and will be encouraged to attend other professional meetings where they either are presenting or play a role in the organization. UCLA has unusual breadth to our high quality faculty many of whom have national and international reputations and have been involved in high profile cases. There will be an emphasis on learning how to do strong forensic assessments, reports, and testimony. There will be seminars on all aspects of forensic psychiatry including one with a special focus on resolving ethics dilemmas. Fellows will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of private forensic practitioners on cases, a majority of which being civil cases. They will also work on Los Angeles County forensic cases and participate in court panels. Forensic fellows will have unique opportunities to work at UCLA Law School. Additionally, a component of the curriculum will involve work with veterans and their forensic issues including evaluations for service connected disabilities, disruptive behavior, PTSD, dangerousness issues, and consultation to veterans courts. There will be a balanced exposure to both civil and criminal forensic psychiatry as well as the legal regulation of psychiatry.

Program description
The UCSF fellowship program in Psychiatry and the Law offers rigorous training in civil, criminal, clinical, and consultative forensic psychiatry. The core faculty includes two board certified forensic psychiatrists and a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist. Affiliated faculty members include a Board Certified (ABPP) neuropsychologist, another board certified forensic psychiatrist with expertise in the evaluation of sex offenders, psychiatrists with special expertise in correctional psychiatry and faculty of the UC Hastings School of Law. The Psychiatry and the Law Program is accredited by the ACGME.

Seminars include a Landmark Case Review and extensive didactics, case conferences, and a Forensic Research Seminar. Additionally, fellows attend courses relevant to forensic psychiatry at the UC Hastings School of Law.

Fellows participate in a wide variety of civil and criminal forensic evaluations with intensive faculty supervision. These include psychic injury, medical malpractice, psychological autopsy, family court issues, and juvenile and adult criminal court referrals. Fellows participate in clinical rotations at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County Jail, the Veterans Hospital,, and an outpatient sexual offender treatment practice. Consultative experiences to health professionals, employers, and professional organizations exist as well. The program provides comprehensive supervision on forensic report writing and training in court testimony in both civil and criminal settings. There are elective opportunities, depending on the interests of the fellows.

During the fellowship year, fellows are expected to make a scholarly contribution by participating in a forensic research project or by undertaking a review of the legal and/or psychiatric literature. Fellows will receive direct research supervision from faculty members. Research interests of faculty include violence risk assessment, civil commitment, and criminalization of the mentally ill.

Program description
The University of Cincinnati Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry provides a comprehensive and balanced curriculum, drawing upon the assets of one of the strongest psychiatry departments in the Midwest and the firmly established forensic institutions of Cincinnati. In 2008, Dr. Mossman received the APA/AAPL Manfred S. Guttmacher Award for his outstanding scholarship in forensic psychiatry. Fellows gain experience with different forensic populations and preceptors at a number of sites:

1. Summit Behavioral Healthcare - the largest freestanding ODMH psychiatric hospital in Ohio where the fellows evaluate patients found not guilty by reason of insanity or incompetent to stand trial and conduct structured risk assessments with faculty. The fellows write reports to the court and testify about their findings.
2. Greater Cincinnati Behavioral - fellows evaluate and treat outpatients who are under criminal court jurisdiction such as parole, probation, or diversion. Fellows work with forensic community treatment teams. This rotation fulfills ACGME requirements for the correctional psychiatric experience.
3. Hamilton County Probate Court - fellows serve as independent expert witnesses in probate court weekly, testifying in civil commitment, guardianship, and forced medication hearing.
4. UC Division of Forensic Psychiatry - in addition to coordinating fellows\\\\\\\' education, our division is a clearinghouse for private practice civil and criminal forensic work. Fellows assist UC faculty on forensic consultations and evaluations. Fellows also conduct their own private practice assessments.
5. Mock Trial and Case Presentation Videoconferences - held in conjuction with the Case Western Forensic fellowship, UC fellows engage in mock trials, both as witnesses and as cross examiners, and also present forensic cases for dicussion and review.

Legal principles and landmark cases are taught in classroom sessions with faculty attorneys held at the UC College of Law. Weekly didactics with faculty, supervision sessions, grand rounds, conferences, and journal club are an integral part of the fellows` educational experience. A scholarly project is required.

The fellowship provides full funding for the fellows to attend the annual AAPL meeting and review course. The fellows also receive a $1,000/year discretionary educational fund.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine offers a one-year, full-time fellowship training program in psychiatry and the law. This is a joint program between the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health, which is responsible for all state forensic activities including the administration of the Forensic Institute in Pueblo, CO. In addition the program works closely with the Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Health Medical Center. Fellowship faculty include academic and clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry, in the Behavioral Health Program at Denver Health Medical Center, forensic experts in the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health, Department of Corrections, private forensic practitioners, and faculty from the Denver University School of Law. Dr. Martinez is involved in ethics in forensic psychiatry, teaches at the DU Law School, and is involved in setting standards for forensic report writing and testimony.

The program is designed to familiarize fellows with all aspects of forensic psychiatry, and to prepare them for forensic practice, teaching, research and system consultation, and/or academic careers. Topics covered through didactic seminars and supervised practical experience include procedures for forensic evaluations, report writing, relevant research and phenomenological literature, landmark mental health cases, treatment of patients in correctional and forensic settings, system consultation around forensic issues, collaboration with other professionals (law enforcement, correctional, etc.), the evaluation of foreign victims of torture, fitness for duty examinations with the Denver Police Department, IME\\\\\\\'s, and ethical issues involved in forensic practice.

Fellows are provided the opportunity to observe experienced forensic professionals performing evaluations, preparing reports, and testifying in civil and criminal cases. They then have direct, supervised experience in performing forensic evaluations in those areas, preparing reports, and testifying in court. Mock trial experiences are conducted in coordination with DU Sturm School of Law. Fellows are encouraged to conduct research in forensic areas. The program strives to organize the fellowship experience around each Fellows area of interest. We have trained numerous Fellows with backgrounds in child/adolescent psychiatry.

Fringe benefits include a fully paid trip to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (including enrollment in the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course) and a trip with Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, the associate director of the program, to a prison or jail involved in mental health litigation.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of Florida Division of Forensic Psychiatry, established in 1988, offers a one-year, full-time fellowship training program designed to train psychiatrists in psychiatry and the law. This balanced academic and clinical program provides clinical, research, and teaching opportunities. The faculty includes two board certified forensic psychiatrists, a professor of law, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a forensic psychologist, and various clinical faculty who attend and co-supervise didactic seminars covering their areas of expertise.

Weekly seminars include ACGME-recommended and other pertinent forensic psychiatry topics, case presentations, and landmark case review. Multiple forensic faculty are present. Fellows also study landmark cases with a UF Professor of Law and attend a Psychiatry and the Law or related course at the UF Law School. There are opportunities for teaching forensic psychiatry to medical and law students and psychiatry residents. Support staff and faculty are available to promote and help carry out research interests. Fellows are expected to produce a scholarly product suitable for submission for publication by the end of their fellowship year.

Gainesville offers a great climate with numerous cultural and sporting events and nearby Atlantic Ocean beaches. All fellows are provided travel support to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. We strive to ensure our program offers a comprehensive, enjoyable, and rewarding experience.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of Maryland program is one of the oldest and most well-established forensic training programs in the country. It is fully accredited by both the ACGME and the ACFFP. Our graduates include many successful and highly regarded forensic clinicians. The program is rigorous and well-received by trainees.

Fellows divide their time between the forensic hospital, Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, a court clinic, the Medical Office of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, and two correctional sites, the Maryland Reception and Diagnostic Center and the Carroll County Detention Center. The fellows perform evaluations under supervision, participate in some treatment settings, and provide forensic reports and testimony.

Fellows also engage in civil forensic cases through the Manfred Guttmacher Clinic and by assisting the private forensic faculty in their cases.

There are several formal didactic series throughout the year including the Forensic Seminar, Forensic Case Rounds, Writing Seminar and others. Fellows attend classes at the University of Maryland School of Law. There is also training in research design, and the fellows are responsible for a research project during the year long program. Psychiatric residents and other students rotate through the various training sites and fellows are responsible for supervision and teaching.

The faculty is outstanding. Jonas Rappeport, MD, professor emeritus, is a highly regarded mentor. Supervision is always available at all sites, and often there are lively debates amongst faculty and trainees.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early. Applications are accepted from May through the August 1st deadline and interviews are generally conducted from July through early September. Applications are available for download from the fellowship web site.

Program description
The University of Massachusetts Medical School Fellowship in Law and Psychiatry offers an exciting one year program designed to provide comprehensive training in forensic psychiatry. The program capitalizes on a multi-disciplinary faculty with extensive forensic and academic experience. Our faculty include forensic psychiatrists and psychologists who have received national recognition for their contributions to law and psychiatry. The program offers a wide range of opportunities to perform criminal and civil evaluations. Rotation sites include the Court Evaluation Unit of Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, and major court clinic sites in Massachusetts. Fellows conduct criminal forensic evaluations such as competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, aid in sentencing, and need for treatment of inmates. Participation in clinical treatment of persons involved with the criminal justice system varies across sites. Part-time rotations include placement at juvenile and adult court clinic sites, as well as the opportunity to work with senior faculty in conducting private, civil and criminal evaluations related to areas such as community risk assessments, guardianship, fitness for duty, disability, sex offender assessment, and malpractice. During the training year, fellows gain experience with legal, correctional, and mental health systems and the political forces that can directly impact forensic psychiatric practice.

Educational components of the program include intensive supervision of all cases, report preparation and court testimony. In addition, fellows attend a comprehensive weekly seminar series covering areas related to civil and criminal forensic assessment methods, research issues, mental health law and landmark legal cases. Fellows also attend multiple statewide forensic mental health training conferences sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and they receive an educational stipend to support attendance at the AAPL meeting and for other educational purposes.

During the training year, fellows work on an empirical research project or on a review of a topic relevant to law and psychiatry. Opportunities exist for both involvement in faculty research projects and for faculty supervision of academic projects selected by the fellow.

Program description
The Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry is a full-time 12-month program that encompasses didactic and supervised clinical experiences on a Jackson Memorial Hospital county jail diversion and competency restoration psychiatry unit, in VA health law and justice outreach activities, and at the University of Miami School of Law Clinics. Opportunities abound for fellow participation in teaching psychiatry residents and medical students, and for conducting collaborative research. Resources for the fellowship program include Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami VA Medical Center, Miami-Dade County 11th Judicial Circuit Court, and forensic psychiatrists and attorneys affiliated with the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and School of Law who will engage the fellow in apprenticeship and tutorial activities.

Requests for applications to the Fellowship Program in Forensic Psychiatry are accepted starting in July and should sent by email to Andrea Santo, Program Coordinator with an attached curriculum vitae (asanto@miami.edu). Additional information and personal interviews may be requested.

Program description
The Center for Forensic Psychiatry (CFP) was established by the State of Michigan in 1967. The Center, with the sponsorship of the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Psychiatry offers a one year forensic residency fully accredited by ACGME and ACFFP. The curriculum offers advanced training in a broad array of forensic civil and criminal issues. CFP on site faculty includes 11 certified forensic psychiatrists, 6 child forensic psychiatrists, 22 PhD level psychologists, and is augmented by certified forensic psychiatrists at correctional placements and in the community.

The program is based at CFP, a 220 bed inpatient forensic facility. CFP also maintains a separate evaluation service conducting 3000 forensic evaluations annually. Additional sites include the University of Michigan Medical School, the University of Michigan Law School, and correctional facilities staffed by the Bureau of Forensic Mental Health Services.

Residents are closely supervised in all aspects of training. Residents participate in forensic evaluations, inpatient management of special forensic populations, and delivery of correctional mental health services. In addition, residents participate in civil forensic cases in the community and audit courses at the Law School. The didactic curriculum offers seminars on landmark cases, civil and criminal forensic topics, and features frequent outside speakers. Opportunities for court testimony are encouraged and closely supervised with special emphasis on report preparation and the role of the forensic expert. Residents will participate in activities related to public policy and regulation of psychiatry. A scholarly project is expected from all residents.

Benefits include support for professional meetings, use of extensive library facilities at CFP and the University of Michigan Medical School, and life in a diverse and cosmopolitan community.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of Minnesota Fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry is a 12 month full time program focused on developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes leading to proficiency in the following domains:
• Provision of psychiatric expertise in legal matters
• Systems issues involved in mental health care delivery to forensic populations
• Legal regulation of psychiatric practice
The program is based in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus. Additional clinical training is provided at the following sites:
• St. Peter Regional Treatment Center
• Fourth Judicial District Court Clinic (in Minneapolis)
• Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School
The faculty includes four fellowship trained forensic psychiatrists, a child psychiatrist and three doctorate level psychologists. In addition, law school faculty, district court judges and experts in practice in the community regularly take classes for fellows. During the course of their training fellows familiarize themselves with the core medico-legal issues in a myriad of criminal and civil settings. Didactics cover the core theoretical aspects in forensic psychiatry including landmarks cases of precedential value, and clinical training includes hands on experience in the application of statistical tools and psychological tests that aid forensic evaluations.

Apart from annual stipend and benefits, program benefits also include fully paid trips to attend the annual meeting of AAPL and the three day review course immediately preceding the meeting.

Program description
The purpose of the Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry is to educate the fellow in the history, development, practical experience, and research in forensic psychiatry within the public sector. It has evolved from the combined interests and for the joint benefit of the Fulton State Hospital, Missouri Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Psychiatry Neurology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine. By completing this intesive one year experience, the fellow will have acquired first-hand knowledge of the major issues and experiences in forensic psychiatry. The fellow will also be expected to complete an individual project relevant to his or her career in forensic psychiatry.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The University of North Carolina Hospitals Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Program is a 12-month educational program with the aim of preparing psychiatrists for a career in forensic psychiatry through a combination of supervised clinical experiences and didactic programs. The program has an emphasis on producing forensic psychiatrists for the public sector. The program provides educational opportunities in a wide range of criminal and civil settings. Residents will receive opportunities to engage in supervised evaluations of individuals involved with the criminal justice system in both pre-trial and post-conviction settings. In addition, residents will obtain training in courtroom testimony, family law, child forensic issues, and civil litigation. Residents will rotate on the forensic unit for the State of North Carolina, the mental health services in a nearby prison, the forensic unit of the Federal Medical Center in Butner, and the child forensic team at the University of North Carolina. They will receive opportunities to provide consultation and liaison to hospitals and work with a preceptor on civil cases. Residents will be expected to engage in scholarship and teaching. The forensic board-certified faculty members and invited speakers provide the didactic portion of the training.

Program description
This is a one year fully accredited fellowship for those who have completed an accredited residency program in psychiatry. All fellows will have access to hands on experiences at various state hospital forensic units, court clinics, law school clinics, VA Hospital, the Defender Association of Philadelphia's Juvenile Justice Unit, and the forensic clinic at Penn where the fellows will assess civil and criminal cases under supervision. They will all have academic lectures of the core curriculum with literature and landmark cases by our faculty and present the results of their independent research at our weekly seminar which they will attend regularly. In addition they will follow Dr. Watacon, Dr. Ken Weiss, Associate Director and Dr. Annie Steinberg on private cases and observe testimony when available. They will also testify in their cases when requested. We are accredited for 4 fellows per year, but can take 3 fellows per year at this time

Program description
The fellowship is organized to provide a balance of forensic psychiatric clinical experience, seminars and supervision. The three settings for clinical experiences are: the Regional Forensic Unit, a 55 bed unit, where mentally ill, unsentenced prisoners and individuals found NGRI are confined; the Sociological Center which provides consultations to the Courts, the Department of Probation, and the University of Rochester Medical Center.

The training experience includes supervised clinical forensic psychiatric evaluations and treatment; having a preceptor (Dr. Ciccone*+), supervisors (R.P. Singh, MD+, Joshua C.W. Jones, M.D.), and seminars, including a legal seminar (Hon. John Connell, Joyce Parker, JD, Professor Michael Perlin, Charles Steinman, JD, and Richard Tubiolo, JD), a Landmark Cases seminar, and a Clinical Case seminar. The fellow will evaluate individuals involved in civil and criminal litigation and have the opportunity to testify in court. The fellow will have the opportunity to evaluate and treat individuals in a sex offender treatment program and participate in a clinic that follows post-insanity aquittees who have been released to live in the community. The fellow will also have the opportunity to teach medical students and will be involved in teaching psychiatry and the law to PGY 3 and PGY 4 residents in psychiatry. During the fellowship, the fellow is expected to complete a scholarly project. There are numerous elective opportunities. Some of these electives include participation in faculty members\' ongoing research projects and faculty members\' private forensic criminal and civil cases, work with the District Attorney\'s Office, the Public Defender\'s Office, and Family Court.

Each fellow is appointed to the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Rochester School of Medicine. The program has flexibility and may be tailored to the specific needs and interests of the fellow.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
One of the first accredited fellowships in the country, this fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The faculty consists of five board certified forensic psychiatrists and uses resources of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine as well as the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, and University Specialty Clinics. The program is based in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the School of Medicine.

The flexible clinical experience allows fellows to spend the first six months conducting pretrial competency and criminal resposibility evaluations in an outpatient specialized forensic evaluation service and providing court testimony. The second six months is spent in civil work in a forensic clinic at the School of Medicine performing personal injury, disability, testamentary capacity, and fitness for duty evaluations. Fellows also participate in evaluations for the USC Professionals Wellness Program which receives referrals for fitness for duty evaluations from the S.C. medical board and other professional licensing boards. Fellows assist faculty in the evaluation of medical malpractice cases. The remaining clinical experience is divided between treatment of adult offenders one half day for six months at a maximum security prison, testifying at release hearings for insanity acquittees, providing forensic consultation to general and child psychiatrists, and research. Fellows receive supervised courtroom experience, providing testimony about their evaluations. Fellows provide direct supervision of general psychiatry residents and medical students. Research is strongly supported and encouraged. Fellows receive a travel stipend to attend the annual meeting of AAPL, as well as the AAPL Forensic Review Course.

The didactic curriculum includes four seminars: Landmark Cases, The Psychiatrist in Court, General Topics in Forensic Psychiatry, and Overview of Legal Systems. The educational experience is also complemented with monthly Forensic Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

Program description
The fellowship training program includes the following: weekly formal didactics, case presentations with faculty, outpatient forensic evaluations, supervised clinical rotations at a local jail and nearby prison housing inmates with major mental illness, auditing of law school courses, forensic consultation at the university-affiliated teaching hospital, and a research project congruent with the fellow's interest. Fellows will have ample exposure to civil and criminal cases. At the completion of the program, fellows will have had experience in the use of various forensic assessment tools (e.g, psychological and neuropsychiatric assessment). Faculty consists of four board-certified forensic psychiatrists (one is also a boarded child and adolescent psychiatrist), a lawyer, a forensic psychologist, and a child psychologist. Fellows participate in the teaching of psychiatric residents, medical students, law students, and other trainees associated with the forensic program, and also have opportunities to testify. Fringe benefits include travel support to the annual AAPL review course. Tampa is a vibrant city with great weather, a world class performing arts center, museums, major league sports teams, and Gulf of Mexico beaches a short drive away.

Program description
The program offers clinical experience, a variety of interdisciplinary training seminars, and research experience in the areas of criminal, civil, administrative, and correctional psychiatry. Clinical training takes place at 4 primary sites: The University of Virginia Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) Outpatient Forensic Clinic; the Western State Hospital inpatient forensic unit; the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Forensic consultation service; and the Albemarle County Jail. Residents learn about legal regulation of psychiatric practice at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, which provides specialized training programs and consultation to the state in the area of mental health law. Extensive supervision is provided in report preparation and expert testimony.

Residents attend a week-long course on how to perform basic criminal forensic assessments and also more advanced one to three day training programs on risk assessment for violence, capital sentencing evaluations, sexual offender evaluations, and forensic assessment of juveniles. Residents also audit courses at the University of Virginia School of Law, including Criminal Law and Psychiatry, Mental Health Law, Torts and Criminal Law. Finally, residents engage in a supervised, empirical research project and participate in the ILPPP research colloquium.

Program description
The UT Southwestern Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a full time, one year training program that combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with a wide range of forensic experiences, designed to develop the skills necessary to ethically and effectively interface with the legal system.

The rotation sites include the Dallas County Jail, court clinic at the Frank Crowley County Court, Terrell State Hospital Inpatient Forensic Service, the Special Needs Offender Program at Dallas Metrocare Services, psychiatric consultation services at Parkland Memorial Hospital and private practice rotations. Fellows will gain experience, under supervision serving as consultants and expert witnesses to the Dallas County Criminal, Mental Illness Court and mental health diversion courts; examining and treating criminal offenders in jail and outpatient settings (including insanity acquittees and sex offenders); performing court ordered forensic evaluations, dangerousness assessments, civil assessments for involuntary mental health treatment and treatment over objection. This program provides extensive opportunity for consultation for attorneys and courts in Dallas County, courtroom testimony and interaction with private practitioners in the community.

The diversity of our faculty is a strength of this program and includes five fellowship trained forensic psychiatrists and several affiliated forensic psychologists.

The didactic curriculum includes clinical case conferences; a yearlong forensic psychiatry core curriculum course that course that covers all the core topics in the theory and practice of criminal, and civil aspects of forensic psychiatry; a landmark case series; research and scholarship seminars that explore the theoretical and practical foundations of mental health law, cultural, societal and ethical influences on both legal and psychiatric applications and contribute to literature in forensic psychiatry; and a legal seminar where fellows familiarize themselves with new legal opinions from relevant state and federal court cases.

Residents will have the opportunity to teach medical students and will participate in teaching forensic psychiatry topics to the general psychiatry residents. The program’s affiliation with Southern Methodist University School of Law provides additional access to other learning opportunities. Fellows interested in mental health policy will have opportunities to collaborate with the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas. Fringe benefits include a travel stipend to attend the AAPL Review Course and Annual Meeting.

We are currently accepting applications for the academic year starting July 1st, 2018. We also offer forensic electives for medical students and residents. Please contact program director for details.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
The USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science has been in existence since 1963, and is one of the first accredited programs in the United States. It offers a full-time, one-year fellowship and an option for a second year. All fellows serve, under supervision, as consultants and expert witnesses for the State and Federal Criminal Court, Family Law Court, Mental Health Court, Juvenile Court, County and Federal Probation Departments, Los Angeles County Coroner's Department, as well as insurance companies. Each fellow is assigned two cases per week involving psychiatric-legal issues for the courts and various administrative hearings. In addition, each fellow testifies weekly in the country's largest Mental Health Court. The fellows have at least five USC faculty supervisors at any given time.

Each fellow is granted a faculty appointment in the USC Department of Psychiatry. Each fellow teaches and supervises USC psychiatric residents and medical students in the area of psychiatry and the law. The fellowship is tailored to meet the educational, training, and experience requirements by ACGME which are necessary for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

The fellow will be expected to make a scholarly contribution by participation in a forensic research project or by undertaking a comprehensive review of a forensic psychiatric topic suitable for publication.

Fringe benefits include health/dental insurance, malpractice insurance, 24 days of vacation, 8 paid sick days, (3 of which can be used as personal leave).

Program description
The Division of Forensic Psychiatry at West Virginia University offers a full-time one-year fellowship designed to provide a comprehensive and practical training experience. Fellows benefit from a balanced clinical and didactic curriculum resulting in an exceptional training experience in all aspects of forensic psychiatry. The breadth of forensic training prepares fellows for National Boards.

The primary training site, Chestnut Ridge Hospital, is the psychiatric center for West Virginia University Hospitals. The hospital is a regional referral center providing fellows with the quantity and diversity of experience necessary for training. Other training sites include a state hospital with designated inpatient forensic units, correctional facilities, a general medical hospital, and affiliated state-wide patient care facilities.

The multi-disciplinary faculty includes adult and child psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, social workers and attorneys. Fellows are supervised by Board Certified forensic psychiatrists. The didactic curriculum integrates a comprehensive review of forensic issues with in-depth concentration on the essential elements of forensic practice. Individual supervision includes both theoretical and pragmatic education.

Fellows are active participants in the educational activities of the department with supervised teaching responsibilities for residents, medical students and other trainees. There are opportunities for evaluations of civil and criminal cases, inpatient evaluations, research, and educational presentations in the community.

Benefits include provision of professional meeting allowance, educational materials, malpractice and health insurance. An additional benefit is living in a university town ranked as the best small city in America, according to a study by Demographics Daily. Please refer to the divisions website for additional information.

Program description
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) of the University of Pittsburgh offers a one year long fellowship designed to prepare trainees for a career in forensic psychiatry.

The didactic material is provided in the yearlong seminar covering a core curriculum designed to include all the relevant topics, both criminal and civil, in forensic psychiatry, including discussions of the landmark cases. The University of Pittsburgh Law School offers a course in mental health law for the fellows and collaborates in a landmark case seminar. UPMC Forensic Psychiatry Services provides a monthly clinical case conference. Fellows also participate in a quarterly journal club.

The major strength of the program is the depth and range of the clinical experience. Rotations include Torrance State Hospital Forensic Unit and the Allegheny County Behavior Clinic, which is an agency of the criminal court of Allegheny County and the second oldest diagnostic court clinic in the United States. The inclusion of the Allegheny County Behavior Clinic and Torrance State Hospital Forensic Unit assures the fellows of the opportunity to assess the defendants in many major criminal cases involving mental health issues in Allegheny County. Additionally, fellows rotate through both adult and juvenile sexual offenders programs, provide evaluation and treatment at a medium security prison, and conduct assessments for the criminal court of Westmoreland County. Fellows also observe juvenile and family court assessments. Civil cases are referred from various sources such as the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Civil Practice Clinic which yields a wide range of experience. Risk assessments are provided for Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic inpatient and outpatient services. Clinicians who have practical experience and are recognized authorities in their fields including Robert Wettstein, MD, and Edward Mulvey, PhD. Fellows are expected to participate in teaching programs for psychiatry residents and medical students. Research with opportunities for original projects or participation in ongoing studies, particularly in risk assessment for violence, is sponsored by an active and nationally renowned staff.

WPIC is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, a beautifully restored city, located in scenic western Pennsylvania. The city affords all the amenities of city living including three major professional sports teams, a lively cultural district and the friendliness and convenience of a small town with manageable traveling distances.

Fringe benefits include fees for the annual meeting at AAPL and enrollment in the Forensic Psychiatry Review Course.

Offers forensic elective for residents. Contact program director for details.

Program description
***Application deadline for the 2017-2018 fellowship year is May 20, 2016! Interviews will be conducted in mid-June for 2016. ****
The fellowship is a full-time, one-year experience focused on forensic evaluations and the legal regulation of psychiatric practice. The program is based in the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale and includes rotations/placements at: 1) Yale Law School; 2) New Haven Office of Court Evaluations; 3) attorneys offices (states attorney, public defender); 4) Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital (maximum and medium security treatment centers); 5) VA Connecticut Health Care System 6) Department of Children and Families facilities; and 7) the CT Department of Correction.
The program has two tracks, each with a unique training focus and clinical experience:
Adult (5 positions) - This track offers a general experience in forensic psychiatry, focused on forensic evaluation and treatment of adults.
Child (1 position) - This track offers a fellow with interest and/or experience in child psychiatry the opportunity to gain additional training in the forensic evaluation and treatment of children. Completion of a child psychiatry fellowship is preferred but not required. The track includes rotations in a children\\\'s psychiatric hospital (the Solnit Center), a juvenile detention facility (Connecticut Juvenile Training School), and the New Haven Juvenile Court.
Both tracks have the same overall goals, including:
1. Understanding the legal standards and concepts in civil and criminal forensic evaluations.
2. Learning the principles and current trends in the legal regulation of psychiatric practice; e.g. civil commitment, confidentiality, liability, duty to third parties, physician/patient relationships, ethics, right to refuse treatment, and informed consent.
3. Becoming familiar with public sector psychiatry administration and the special issues involved with mental health treatment in jail, prisons, and maximum security treatment centers.
4. Developing a knowledge base in areas of psychiatry particularly relevant to forensics, such as malingering, neuropsychiatric disorders, sexual disorders, and substance use disorders.
5. Gaining experience in preparing forensic reports, testifying as an expert witness, and consulting to attorneys and governmental bodies regarding mental health policy.
6. Completing a scholarly project, either empirical research or review of the legal and/or psychiatric literature.

Program description
Two positions in forensic psychiatry are available at this medical school, one of the most innovative in North America. The clinical-academic program, referred to at this Center as a Clinical Scholarship, provides a one year comprehensive experience in all aspects of forensic psychiatry. These include inpatient and outpatient assessments and treatment at a wide variety of settings including forensic maximum, medium and minimum security facilities, detention centers, provincial reformatories and federal penitentiaries. Program staff is active in criminal, civil and juvenile aspects of the subspecialty. There is a formal academic component involving a year-long series of seminars, self-directed reading projects, and the opportunity to be involved in any number of ongoing research projects in the Forensic Program. There is also opportunity for involvement in the department teaching program for interested candidates.

In addition to the two clinical fellowships, there also exists a research fellowship at the Center for Studies of Aggression and Mental Disorder. This has been formed under the auspices of the University and Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre, where internationally renowned researchers are available to supervise a suitably qualified fellow from any academic discipline.

Possession of or eligibility for licensing with the Medical Council of Canada and Royal College of Physicians of Canada, as well as a student visa are required.

* addendum to stipend: Plus opportunity to bill for services when appropriate.

Program description
The Forensic Fellowship at Queen's University is organized from the Correctional Service of Canada and draws from a variety of institutions and academic programs aimed at providing the Fellow with a broad base of forensic and correctional issues and theoretical knowledge in Forensic Psychiatry.

The fellow will be based at the Ontario Regional Treatment Centre, a 120-bed psychiatric facility for the treatment of federal penitentiary prisoners. Under supervision, at this facility, the Fellow will learn first hand the interface between correctional and health systems and will be involved in the assessment and treatment of individuals serving from 2 years to life and who suffer from serious mental conditions, comorbidities, or correctional pathologies. Part of the time will be spent at the 30-bed Forensic Unit of the PCCC-MHS, a facility for the assessment of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility, and treatment of persons found not criminally responsible because of mental disorder. The forensic program at the Hospital has community outreach facilities throughout the area served by the Hospital.

The Fellow will attend a series of forensic seminars at the Department of Psychiatry and will conduct specialized readings on particular areas of Forensic Psychiatry as directed by the Chairperson of the Division at the Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University. On entrance, the Fellow is required to present a plan for a research project to be completed by the end of the Fellowship year.

A multidiscipinary Faculty at the Forensic Psychiatry program at Queen's will be in charge of providing the seminars and directed readings for the Fellow. The following is a partial list of topics to be covered throughout the year. Other topics will be added as required. Forensic Psychiatry-Definition of the field and systems interface; Crime and its biological and social determinants; Criminal competence and fitness to stand trial; Criminal responsibility and psychiatric defenses; Sexual pathologies and social defense; Determinants of violence; Mental illness and violence and health/justice response; Risk assessment and risk management; Competence to undertake civil actions; Landmark cases, Correctional Psychiatry.

The Forensic Fellowship program at Queen's University is a registered program within the Forensic Fellowships Programs of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Program description
This is a one-year program designed to provide experience in criminal forensic psychiatry. Fellows will receive training in assessment of fitness to stand trial, criminal responsibility, treatment of unfit and not criminally responsible patients as well as the preparation of pre-sentence reports. In addition, fellows will be able to obtain experience in adolescent forensic psychiatry and correctional psychiatry.

Program description
The University of British Columbia offers a one-year Forensic Psychiatry Training Program that is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. The goal of our training program is to produce a generalist in forensic psychiatry with the skills to teach, consult, assess and manage referrals in criminal, correctional, and civil forensic psychiatry matters.

The first six months of the program encompass core training in criminal matters related to adult forensic psychiatry. The remaining six months of training is comprised of rotations in civil forensic psychiatry, youth forensic psychiatry, and correctional psychiatry. Forensic research is available as a selective training option.

The core training site for criminal forensic psychiatry is the 190-bed Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Port Coquitlam and the six regional forensic outpatient clinics. The youth forensic psychiatry rotation is at an Inpatient Assessment Unit, outpatient clinic and Youth Custody Centre in Burnaby. The civil forensic psychiatry rotation training sites are in Vancouver at St. Paul’s Hospital and in a private forensic practice office. The correctional psychiatry rotation training site with the Correctional Service of Canada is at the Pacific Institution/Regional Treatment Centre in Abbotsford.

Additional funding will be provided for core risk assessment training courses including the PCL-R and HCR-20 and to attend the AAPL Forensic Psychiatry Review Course.

**Applicants must have completed a Canadian Psychiatry Residency Training Program and be eligible for an independent practice license through the College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia; other Applicants who qualify for educational licenses will be considered if they have external funding available.

Program description
With the recognition of Forensic Psychiatry by the Royal College, the University of Ottawa is on the forefront of preparing fellows for a career as a general forensic psychiatrist. As well, we offer opportunities to pursue areas of interest, including sexual behaviours, research, anger disorders, and family Court issues. We have a large number of teaching staff, many of whom are leaders in the field. As well, there are opportunities to train in French and employment opportunities following training.

**Applicants must be eligible for an independent practice license through the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario; individuals who qualify for educational licenses will be considered if they have external funding available.

Program description
The Toronto network is centered at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Experience is provided for assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders at all stages of the court process including probation and parole. Consultation experience in local jails, reformatories, penitentiaries and maximum and medium security psychiatric facilities is also provided. A comprehensive seminar program is an integral part of the fellowship during which the fellow has contact with a variety of faculty staff who have different interests within forensic psychiatry. Three of the part-time faculty are jointly qualified in law and psychiatry. Research training is also provided and fellows enrolled for the M.Sc. degree with the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto are preferred.

To be classified as a fellow, one has to have completed training to be eligible for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada examinations and must pass the Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examinations. Student visas are required.

Program description
This subspecialty training program/fellowship is specifically designed to train exceptional academic forensic psychiatrists.
Our training program teaches the pragmatic skills of performing evaluations in all of the major areas of criminal and civil forensic psychiatry. Specific focus will be given to topics such as: detecting malingering; developing high level skills in psycho-legal report writing and expert testimony aimed at providing comprehensive evidence-based information to courts and other agencies; performing complex risk assessments in a variety of cases and settings; learning how to administer forensic risk assessments and diagnostic instruments typically performed by forensic psychologists; developing the foundations necessary to build a rewarding and successful forensic practice and academic career; and developing critical thinking skills and complex reasoning in arriving at opinions.
Since the service requirement is less than four days each week, subspecialty residents will have the opportunity and time to: participate in research, teach, supervise trainees, and engage in independent study. A particular strength of the program is the individualized academic mentorship provided that will ensure trainees develop the skills required to maximize their effectiveness at teaching and evidence-based practice.